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Sumfest Boss Shares His Personal Highlights—And Says Octane vs Vegas Was "Blown Out of Proportion"
It's that time of year again. As most reggae lovers around the world know by now, during the third week of July all roads lead to Montego Bay for Reggae Sumfest. And with just one more day to go before the 22nd staging of "The Greatest Reggae Show on Earth," anticipation is reaching a fever pitch. Between Sean Paul returning to the Sumfest stage for the first time in a decade, international pop star Jason DeRulo tweeting pictures from the emergency room, and I-Octane and Mr. Vegas trading barbs like Beenie and Bounty in the '90s, this year's festival promises to be entertaining in more ways than one. To get the inside scoop we reached out to the big man himself, Mr. Johnny Gourzong, executive Director of Summerfest Productions, who shared his personal thoughts on which acts he's most looking forward to—and let us in on a few possible surprises. If you can't make it down to MoBay tomorrow night, don't worry—you can still purchase a live stream of all the Dancehall Night action. Full Story After The Jump…
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THURSDAY July 17: Dancehall Night
HELLO JOHNNY, WHICH ACTS ARE YOU MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO AT THIS YEAR's SUMFEST?
I'm looking forward to Freddie McGregor. We'll be honoring Freddie for his 50-odd-year contribution to the Jamaican music industry.
I'm also looking forward also to Sanchez. He has been absent from the Sumfest stage from about 2005. It's been a while, so we're looking forward to hearing his voice once again.
I'm looking forward to Tessanne Chin. You know she released her debut album last week or thereabouts. And she's made Jamaica very proud, so we're excited for Tessanne's performance.
Definitely looking forward to Sean Paul. He has been absent since 2003. That was the year he performed with Destiny's Child. And he has not performed at Sumfest since then.
"To be truthful Sean wanted to perform last year, but he came a little too late and we couldn't fit him in."
So Jerome [Hamilton of Sean's booking agency Headline Entertainment] called me from early early this year: "Sean want to be on Sumfest so make sure you find the time and the space and lock it in." He has a new album coming that has spawned a few songs that are getting a lot of airplay locally. We felt it was the right time to present Sean again. And he has some surprise guests—I can't even tell you but he has some surprise guests that will be joining him on stage.
I'm looking forward to Chronixx and Jah Cure on Friday night. Jah Cure's new album is a really tremendous album. He is one of the top reggae artists out there. I thoroughly enjoyed Jah Cure last year. He closed the Friday night, but this year Beenie Man is closing the Friday so he will be quite a bit earlier and I can't wait for that performance.
And of course having Beenie Man on the Friday night to close the show that's a big thing. That same night Jesse Royal and Nature and Shuga—three young artists on the Friday night. Yeah man, they are gaining quite a bit of popularity and they are very very talented. I will be anxious to see their performance.
FRIDAY July 18: International Night 1
And of course you know Wiz Khalifa and Jason DeRulo and Future. They're very popular in Jamaica—all three. Actually we looked at Future last year. He was offered to us by somebody else, so it kinda got messed up a little bit. Somebody misrepresented the festival. We couldn't quite reach a resolution last year. But we were looking at him from last year cause everybody—all the young people were coming to us saying "Johnny why you don't book Future? Future… Future…" And he's played extensively in the dances out here. Yeah man, everywhere he's playing. So it wasn't a case of us just looking at him this year.
Wiz, I mean, we've been trying from about four years ago. We had attempted and he wasn't available. He was in Australia… it never quite worked out. But this year things just kind of came together.
Jason DeRulo is kind of blowing up this year. He's getting bigger by the week. "Talk Dirty To Me" that's pretty big right now. And I think he has a new one too. He has a few new ones that are very popular, both here and internationally.
"We were fortunate to get DeRulo when we did cause his fee has more than doubled since we booked him."
He's been getting some big exposure on national TV—Dancing with the Stars and this and that. So we locked him in from early.
So we're looking forward to a successful event. We feel that we have something for everybody cause we're presenting people like Freddie and Sanchez to complement the persons who are coming here to hear Tessanne and Sean Paul. You're gonna get the hardcore reggae fans for Chronixx and Jesse Royal and so on. And then you're gonna get people coming to hear Jah Cure and Beenie.
We felt that Stone Love and Bass Odyssey are kind of iconic sound systems that both survived the test of time. And we felt it was only fitting to pay our respects to them. They have spanned several decades in the business and they have been an integral part of the Jamaican music culture—not only dancehall but reggae. We have not done it before—we have never able to integrate it into the Dancehall Night. But I thought this year let's do it. Let's get them onstage under the spotlights and let them juggle some tunes. It's not going to be a clash, but they're going to go on and juggle. They're gonna be up there for maybe 2 hours.
And of course Busy Signal returning to the Sumfest stage on Dancehall Night after about a five-year absence. And then we have people like Alkaline, who's very very popular in the dancehall right now—pople like him and Aidonia have a big buzz right now. Of course we're looking forward to I-Octane's closing performance. He has a big big performance planned for dancehall night he will be closing the show.
I think the whole thing was blown out of proportion. Because I don't think Vegas ever wanted to close the show. They kind of pulled up something that he said all the way back into last year. And I don't know, it was kind of pulled up again. It was kinda like, "If I can't close it, then you close it." But Vegas never ever wanted to close it. I think it was more of a challenge to him to close it. And we already decided on Octane as the right person. I mean, he gave a dynamic performance last year. He has a big big big presentation planned. We were not looking at anybody else to close, to be truthful. We were not looking at anybody else.
Beenie had said he wanted out. From last year he said "Listen, I closed the damn show for 17, 18 years. Give me a rest." Yunno, when we booked Wiz Khalifa and we booked DeRulo, we figured that Beeine would kinda fit over there on the Friday. So we took him out of the dancehall for the time being. He's certainly an international name.
SATURDAY July 19: International Night 2
We were trying to get Mavado but he's living in Florida now and he's trying to work on his papers, I guess it's his green card or something. So we're not holding out much hope. But he says he wants to come, so who knows?
Sizzla was talking to us too, but I can't quite convince my fellow directors that we should use him.
"I think Sizzla would be good for dancehall night, but everybody is kind of on pins and needles that he might say something that might upset the sponsors."
That's the problem. And everybody will come to me and say "You knew better, you knew better. You're irresponsible." [Laughs] So it's kind of a no-win situation. I think Sizzla would be good for dancehall night. I think so, but I can't convince my people.
Jordin Sparks is coming with DeRulo but I don't know if she is going to perform. She's his girllfriend, and she's coming to the show. But I don't know if he's gonna take her out there and do a song with her.
There are a lot of artists on the show that I am really kind of very very waiting with great anticipation to see. I want to see Kat Dahlia with Wizard. That's Beres's daughter. So we're looking forward to that also. And there is a rumor that Beres might go on stage with his daughter. And I'm going to call him and try to encourage him to do it. So we'lll see.
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A Wisconsin man filed a federal lawsuit against United Airlines alleging he was harassed by a reservation agent over his name.
William J. Dicks filed the lawsuit Aug. 25 in federal court, claiming he received harassing telephone calls from a United Airlines employee while looking for information about a flight earlier this year.
According to the lawsuit, the incident started when Dicks called United's reservation department on Feb. 15, a 48-minute call, that he said resulted in sexual harassment, disrespect and humiliation.
The lawsuit claims the agent on the phone told Dicks his name was "controversial" but that "he like[d] it." He also asked Dicks what he would do to the agent if the pair were alone and asked if Dicks used "protection" when being intimate with his then-girlfriend.
The agent also allegedly inquired about Dicks' Facebook account info so that he could see "photos or personal information" about him, the suit states.
"This sequence of events caused [Dicks] to be reminded of the trauma he suffered as a child when he was teased because of his last name," the suit reads.
Minutes after the phone call ended, Dicks alleges he received two more phone calls from the reservation department, but declined to answer.
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Despite repeated attempts to report the phone call, Dicks said he had no luck in getting answers, though he feared the agent had accessed his personal information.
The lawsuit, which seeks a trial by jury, alleges the agent invaded Dicks' privacy and caused him "great emotional stress."
In a statement, United Airlines said it "has zero tolerance for harassment of any kind and we are reviewing the suit."

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Wednesdays 10:00 PM on FXArcher Season 1
The identity of Archer's father is called into question on the season finale of Archer.
Archer takes a high paying job from competitor ODIN, while Malory tries to get him back to ISIS.
When ISIS loses another contract to ODIN, Malory tasks Lana and Archer with stealing a diamond from one of their clients.
Archer and the ISIS crew must protect the maiden voyage of the luxury airship, Excelsior, from a bomb threat.
Archer must rescue Lana from a hairy arms dealer, Skorpio, causing Cyril to become jealous back at base.
When Malory is being blackmailed by a homosexual Cuban agent, she sends Stirling down to Miami to seduce him.
Malory hosts a dinner party to try and win a contract from UN chairman, Torvald Utne (Jeffrey Tambor).
When ISIS hires Conway Stern (Coby Bell) as a diversity hire, the ladies of ISIS love him, but Lana and Archer suspect there's something more.
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Athletics Hall of Fame – October 7, 2006
Elizabeth Gray Cain graduated from Coker University in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education, Fitness Programming and a minor in Coaching. She is one of the College's greatest women's soccer players of all time.
Cain began her career at Coker in 1992 and had an immediate impact on the field. As a freshman, Cain earned several awards including CIAC/Independent All-Division Co-Freshman of the Year and CIAC/Independent All-Division First Team honors. She was also a four- time recipient of Coker's Best Defensive Player Award and two-time winner of Coker's Most Valuable Player Award. She was a two-time All-District Team selection, as well as a two-time selection on the Mid South All-Region Team. Cain was named the to All-Carolina's Conference Team in 1993, while being ranked fourth in the nation in goals against average, and she was one of the top 15 goalkeepers in the nation with the most saves. In 1994, she was named to the Tennessee Wesleyan All-Tournament Team and she was named to the All-American Honorable Mention Team.
Cain set many Coker record's that still stand today, including setting and tying the single season record of 11 shutouts in a season in '93 and '94. She set the career record for shutouts with 33 and the career record for saves with 639. Cain also holds the record for season and career goals against average, with a .61 goals against average in 1993 and a 1.03 average for her career.
Cain was involved in many community activities both as a student and graduate including volunteering as middle school soccer coach at Thomas Hart Academy, helping with the Darlington Raceway Clean-up Project, conducting a Women's Soccer Clinic at Irmo High School and volunteering as an assistant coach at Coker Soccer Camps for four years.
Upon graduation, Cain worked for the Parks and Recreation Department in Tampa, Florida, before moving to Tucson, Arizona, where she was a Certified Medical Technician for two years. She returned to Coker in 2002 to earn her Teaching Certification while and serve as the Assistant Women's Soccer Coach. Currently, Cain resides in South Carolina with her husband and son.


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BEIRUT — The U.S. and France on Tuesday pushed for a tough United Nations resolution to ensure Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime turns over its chemical weapons stockpile, but Assad's ally Russia demanded the West take the threat of force off the table if Damascus fails to meet its promises. The diplomatic split threatened a deal that could avert American strikes against Syria.
Assad's government on Tuesday promised to co-operate fully with the Russian plan, which calls for Syria to put its chemical weapons under international control, for eventual destruction.
Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem told Lebanon's Al-Mayadeen TV that Syria would place its chemical weapons locations in the hands of representatives of Russia, "other countries" and the United Nations. He promised that his country would also declare its long secret chemical arsenal, stop producing such weapons and sign conventions against them.
Wary that Damascus is only seeking to avoid U.S. military action, Washington and France said they seek strong UN language to enforce the Russian plan. France said it would put forward a draft resolution under Chapter 7 of the UN charter, making it enforceable with military action.
That met swift opposition from Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the plan can only work if "the American side and those who support the U.S.A, in this sense, reject the use of force."
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told his French counterpart Laurent Fabius that it is unacceptable for the resolution to cite Chapter 7, his ministry said in a statement.
Secretary of State John Kerry, in turn, said the U.S. rejects a Russian suggestion that the UN endorsement come in the form of a non-binding statement from the Security Council president.
The U.S. has to have a full resolution — one that entails "consequences if games are played and somebody tries to undermine this," he said.
A State Department official said later that Kerry would travel to Switzerland this week to discuss the deal with Lavrov. The official, who was not authorized to discuss the mission publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, said the two diplomats would meet Thursday in Geneva.
The 15-member UN Security Council cancelled plans for closed consultations on a Syria resolution Tuesday.
The developments threatened what had been growing momentum toward a plan that would allow the Obama administration to back away from military action. Domestic support for a strike is uncertain in the United States, even as President Barack Obama seeks Congress' backing for action — and there has been little international appetite to join forces against Assad.
The U.S. and its allies have insisted Assad must be punished for an alleged regime chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds outside Damascus. The Obama administration, France and others blame the regime, but Damascus says rebels — not its forces —were behind the attack. The U.S. has said more than 1,400 Syrians died; even conservative estimates from international organizations put the toll at several hundred.
Fabius said the resolution must have teeth to ensure the Russian plan is not "used as a diversion.
French authorities "don't want to fall into a trap" that could allow Assad's regime to skirt accountability or buy time, he said. Syria's credibility in accepting the plan would be determined "by accepting these precise conditions."
He said the French draft resolution would demand Syria open its chemical weapons program to inspection, place it under international control, and ultimately dismantle it. A violation of that commitment, he said, would carry "very serious consequences." The resolution would condemn the attack and bring those responsible to justice, he said.
Obama threw his support behind the resolution. British Prime Minister David Cameron said his country would join France and the U.S. in putting forward the proposal.
Russia, meanwhile, was working with Damascus on a detailed plan of action to be presented, Lavrov said. Russia will then be ready to finalize the plan with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
"We agreed to the Russian initiative as it should thwart the U.S. aggression against our country," Syria's al-Moallem said.
Obama, who was to deliver a national address on Syria later Tuesday, cautiously welcomed the proposal. But he said the U.S. is still prepared to go ahead with strikes if it falls through. He reached back into history — and the Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union — to underline the need for enforcement.
"The key is, to paraphrase Ronald Reagan, that we don't just trust, but we also verify," Obama told CBS. "The importance is to make sure that the international community has confidence that these chemical weapons are under control, that they are not being used, that potentially they are removed from Syria and that they are destroyed."
Obama said the idea actually had been broached in his 20-minute meeting with Putin last week on the sidelines of an economic summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. Obama said he directed Kerry to have more conversations with the Russians and "run this to ground."
On Monday, Kerry said Assad could resolve the crisis by surrendering control of his chemical arsenal to the international community. Lavrov responded by promising to push Syria to place its chemical weapons under international control and then dismantle them quickly, to avert U.S. strikes. Syria's acceptance came less than 24 hours later.
The Syrian National Coalition dismissed the Assad government's turnaround as a manoeuvr to escape punishment for a crime against humanity. The coalition had been hoping for military strikes from abroad to tip the balance in the war of attrition between rebels and Assad's forces.
In a statement Tuesday, the coalition said Moscow's proposal "aims to procrastinate and will lead to more death and destruction of the Syrian people."
"Crimes against humanity cannot be dropped by giving political concessions or by handing over the weapons used in these crimes," the group said.
Analysts cautioned that the details of how disarmament will be carried out that would make the plan credible.
"I don't think this proposal was developed and thought through. I think it came a little bit out of the blue to solve a political crisis," said Ralf Trapp, a disarmament consultant who worked for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons from 1997 to 2006. "Now we're in a situation where if we have political preparedness to go through with it, we now need to think in practical terms and that's where, as always, the devil is in the details."
Fabius also warned that finding and destroying "more than 1,000 tons of chemical weapons" would be very difficult and would require international verification amid Syria's civil war. He reiterated France's position that Assad must leave power: "We can't imagine that someone who was responsible for 110,000 dead, it is said, can stay in power forever."
Jean Pascal Zanders, an international disarmament expert, said any agreement depends on trust that the Syrian government is telling the truth about its weapons: "It requires full comprehensive declaration, and any failure on the Syrian government would immediately destroy confidence of the international community and probably split it again."
Hinnant reported from Paris. Associated Press writers Jamey Keaten in Paris, David Rising in Berlin, Vladimir Isachenkov in Moscow, Zeina Karam in Beirut, Matthew Lee in Washington and Christopher Bodeen in Beijing contributed to this report.
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There were many things on my schedule when I travelled from Multan to Quetta by road instead of rail: to see the tomb of Ghazi Khan, to visit famous Fort Monro and familiarize myself with this less travelled route to Quetta.
The photo above shows the entrance of a Government High School in Dera Ghazi Khan.
For those who take their chance for the first time to the city, it might sound too good to be true but Dera Ghazi Khan (D G Khan) in the past was known as Dera Phullan Da Sehra — 'land of flowers'.
The canal skirted its eastern side, fringed with luxurious gardens of mango trees, while ghats lined the bank, thronged in summer by numerous bathers.
Ghazi Khan Mirani son of a Baloch chieftain Haji Khan founded the city on his own name on the tract between Suleman Range and River Indus in 1474. Bannu-Dera Ismail Khan-Jacobabad, famous trade route of the ast ran through the city. It developed into a very beautiful and prosperous city of that time. Till 1758, eighteen princes of the Ghazi Khan's family successively ruled the city and bore the names of their ancestorsâ€,
The above quote is from Mr. Bruce's account in 1869. Kalhoras, Durranis, Mughals, Abbasis and Sikhs also exercised control over the city before it fell to the British.
Mighty River Indus had been steadily and gradually shifting its course westwards for a long time. D G Khan remained on the mercy of the River and great floods occurred in 1812, 1833, and 1842. It was completely washed away in 1856. The River now flows over the site of ancient dwelling.
The founder Ghazi Khan Mirani would not be able to recognize the 'new' city that was planned by British engineers on the principle of 'Grid Iron Pattern' – all roads and streets meeting at right angle – and built on present location between the period from 1900-1910 about 15 Kilometres downstream on the bank of Manika Canal near the tomb of Ghazi Khan Mirani.
Let us just assume it: D G Khan was a great town on the bank of Indus in fifteenth century. Does the town even exist? Yes, only in history books. Many things combine to show that D G Khan was a gem in the time gone by.
One of the most exciting buildings of the past is the tomb of Ghazi Khan Mirani. The tomb was built in fifteenth century on an octagonal plan, like shrine of Shah Rukn-e-Alam in Multan, with battering walls and corner turrets.
The photo above is the tomb of Ghazi Khan Mirani
Standing in front of the tomb, dismayed, I could feel the depredation and vandalism that would have few parallels. Dome and upper story of the tomb have vanished. The main entrance to the chamber of the tomb is in the East with two smaller doors in the northern and western directions are stripped of the gates. There are 11 mud graves inside the tomb and a graveyard has spread around the tomb. The walls are pitted. The pitchi cari and calligraphy inside the tomb is also fading. The slabs of stone painted with floral and geometric designs are falling. Once magnificent and imposing tomb is now sinking in ground. No body comes to lay flower or pay respect to the dead Baloch Sardar. In the past it had also been used to keep the animals. Relics of the tomb are certainly precious.
Unfortunately, currently, D G Khan, more than any other Pakistani city, lacks sensitivity to its heritage. The condition of temples, dharam shalas and gao shalas is even worse. Most of them have been converted into residential quarters, some are being used as waste receptacles and from few others even the bricks have been taken away.
To retain the heritage and history of the city, at least two temples situated east of Tounsa-D G Khan Road and whatever is left of Ghazi Khan's tomb should immediately be declared as protected monuments
says Hashim Sher Khan, a social activist who has written to many national and international agencies including UNESCO for this purpose, "but to no avail†he adds. D G Khan of Waderas, Sardars and Tumandars and patriots like Sher Muhammad who made world Pakistani as part of his name seem to be on its way to decline.
Hashim Sher Khan says:
"Dera Ghazi Khan is the cultural capital of Pakistan. It is not only geographically situated on the junction point of all the four provinces but is also a place where their cultural traditions meetâ€
Besides legendary hospitality, the most famous cultural symbols I encountered in the city during my stay are hamachas and tabaqs.
A son of the soil, Dr Ghulam Fareed once narrated a tale about his childhood to Raza Ali Abdi (BBC). The tale reads,
Big charpoys (coats) are found in every nook and corner of the city. These coats serve as open drawing rooms in the localities. There was one big coat in front of our house too. The day I left D G Khan for higher studies, I saw people sitting on that coat: talking, relaxing, and sharing. I saw the same people sitting, doing same things, once I returned from England after 15 years. Only they had gone a little old.
D G Khan is famous for big charpoys locally known as Hamachas throughout the country.
Another thing for which D G Khan is famous is tabaq meaning cooking utensil with wide mouth. Nanbais prepare meat and beef dishes in these utensils. British traveller Alexander Bern who came to D G Khan in 1936-37 wrote that there were 1597 shops in the city out of which 40 were of nanbais. Once the new city was inhabited, the nanbais also migrated and set up their shops in Pathar Bazaar. Now most of them have developed and converted their shops in modern eating joints but you can still find any thing from Nalli Nihari for breakfast to Siri Pae for dinner if you like. The only difference is that Tabaqs are made of cast iron instead of clay these days. Names of Ustad Allah Yar, Ustad Qader, Ustad Allah Ditta and Ustad Muhammad Siddique who were the best Tabaqis of their times are still remembered with respect.
As per the legend, the throne of Prophet Hazrat Suleman (A S) once landed on the hill range known as Suleman Range.
Next to the city on the route to Quetta is Fort Munro Peak in Suleman Range. The first thing that came to my mind after turning on a rocky road to Fort Munro from village Khar (or Kharar) was a famous couplet that was composed by poet Mustafa Zaidi who was once a Political Assistant in Fort Munro. The poet lived here soaking up the scenery and isolation while contemplating his own future and love life. He composed,
In hi pathroon pe chal kar agar aa sako to aao, mere ghar ke raste main koi kahkashan nahin hey.
The photo above is from Fort Munro
The going on the road these days is bad that gets worst in case of a light shower. Later, I also visited the library that was established by Mustafa Zaidi but now it has been converted into an office of some government department. By the way, who wants to read these days?
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My captive, 7+ year-old Texas brown tarantula was given me by PMP, Tim Sloane, who collected it from an urban backyard. |
According to Burr Williams of the Sibley Nature Center in Midland, who has observed tarantula courtship in west Texas, once a male catches a female's pheromone scent, they seem very good at orienting to a female's burrow. The male taps at the entrance and the female lunges out. The male grabs her, mates quickly, and it's over--sometimes permanently for the male.
Most authorities (e.g., Thomas Prentiss in Ubick et. al, Spiders of North America) say that mature male tarantulas don't live long. Whether this is because they usually get eaten, or just don't have what it takes to be a long-liver (females have been observed to live 30 years in captivity), I'm not sure. But the male spider I placed yesterday in a terrarium with my 7-year-old female Texas brown Tarantula certainly didn't last long. This morning a leg and a few unidentifiable scraps of carapace were all that was left. I can only hope he enjoyed his final moments.
According to a 1999 study by Margaret Janowski-Bell and Norman Horner--who put little radio antennae on the backs of tarantulas and followed them around the desert (how cool is that!)--males in the wild may visit multiple females, and thus must have a better chance of escape from the than my unlucky captive.
Most of the folks who called about tarantulas this week seemed worried. One gentleman was worried that his child would be bitten. Another was ready to sell his house and move (presumably as far away from Texas as possible) after finding his backyard and and exterior walls of his home hosting multiple tarantulas.
Fortunately, tarantulas are not that dangerous. Forget Spielberg's Arachnophobia if you can, a tarantula is a shy giant of a spider. The venom is not considered especially toxic, on the order of a bee sting. But the chance of being bitten by a tarantula is slim. Add to that the fact that tarantulas, like all spiders, do much good by controlling the general insect population.
A tarantula mysteriously ended up on Dr. Knutson's shirt while gardening in his backyard. |
Try as I might I can't force myself to encourage the pest control industry to kill tarantulas. Yes, I know it's what some of your customers want. But to me tarantulas are just way too cool, and deserve their little hole in the ground where they (almost) never bother anyone. So this is what I'm going to do--we'll compromise. According to my arachnologist colleagues, science has a need for tarantula specimens. If you collect a tarantula, I will accept it (live or dead) and send it to the spider community via the Texas A&M University insect collection. If you kill it first, put it in a jar of alcohol to preserve it, otherwise bring it live to my office, following the instructions on this page. I'll make sure the little guys and gals don't die in vain.
Tarantulas are a sign that things are as they should be. They represent a healthy ecosystem where pests must fight for their miserable lives. And they're a sign of Texas. After all, what would Texas be without its prickly pears, tarantulas, scorpions, rattlesnakes and brown recluses? I know one thing for sure. It wouldn't be Texas.


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Kang Chol Hwan is a former child prisoner at Yeoduk Prison in North Korea. He currently works as a newspaper reporter in Seoul, South Korea, for Chosun Daily. He recently published his memoirs and testified about his experiences before the U.S. Congress. He also spoke with NBC News about his time at Yeoduk. Below is an edited account of that discussion, in his own words. (Editor's note: Kang's descriptions are graphic and may not be suitable reading for all.)
I was in a political prison in Yeoduk-gun, Hankyongnamto province. Officially the disguising name is DPRK guard division No. 15.
I became a prisoner in August '77 because suddenly my grandfather disappeared. And later he was tried, and he was a traitor of the people.
I was 10 years old at the time.
At the time I was 10, and my younger brother was 7. The reason why we were imprisoned was my grandfather and grandmother were residents in Japan. And then they went to go to North Korea because they were officers in the pro-North Korean association in Japan. And they were treated nicely at the beginning of their living in Pyongyang, and they were offered good apartment. And my grandfather was purged politically and disappeared. And because of my grandfather, all the family members were forced to go to the prisoners camp.
In North Korea, the prisoners camps are divided into two parts, economic prisoners camp and political prisoners camp. Also they are divided into two types. One is camps, the other is prison. The prisoners with light crimes are in the camps. And prison is for the serious criminals, because they cannot put all of them into prisons, because there are numerous people. Hundred of thousands of people do forced labor just like the camp in Russia before.
Among the Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il instructions, I heard of it from Ahn Myong Chol that political prisoners should have three generations eradicated. This is in order to eradicate the seed of revolt. And the political prisoners, they should give up hope of being treated as human beings.
There are camps for the light criminals. In this case there's the hope to be set free. I was among them. And I was set free. The other part of the district, once they are imprisoned, they have no hope to be set free, ever.
The national security and defense division officers and soldiers when they call the prisoners they don't call them by name, but insulting words like "you son of a bitch."
When I was 10 years old, we were put to work digging clay and constructing a building. And there were dozens of kids, and while digging the ground, it collapsed, and they died. And the bodies were crushed flat. And they buried the kids secretly, without showing their parents, even though the parents came. They shouldn't force the children to work again, but they did. Even though at that moment they could notice the bleeding and dead kids. The kids were crying. It was the first atrocity I witnessed.
And most of the people died because of malnutrition. I saw such cases many times, malnutrition. It was really a miserable scene. And once I saw a public execution by rifle.
Once there were two soldiers who were successful in escaping, and one person was captured by the Chinese security and one person captured while running. They were hanged. And thousands of prisoners were made to form one line and passed by the hanged person and threw stones at the dead body, shouting, "Let's get rid of the people's traitor." And because of throwing so many stones by thousands of prisoners, the faces and muscles were all torn up.
Some women with weak heart, they didn't obey and didn't throw the stone. Then the officers condemned them, saying your ideology is doubtful. And beat them. Those were the most miserable images.
Normally there are cases of execution in public, several times a year. Before the execution they were tortured. They were not given food, and the joints of bones are separated, and the bones are exposed, sticking out of skin. And they become light enough to carry by hand after torture and starvation.
Sometimes in North Korea they pull out the teeth and put the stone inside the mouth. And the prisoner took out the stone, saying, "God damn!" and the security officer, they put stone inside the mouth again.
The most unforgettable images I have is when one of my close friend's sister died in the wintertime. It was very cold, and we couldn't dig the ground deeply, because it was frozen, and bury her. When spring came, the ground thawed, and the dead body floated up. I cannot forget that miserable scene. And the other one is when I watched a very close friend starve to death.
I had to work even though I was malnourished. Because I could eat only corn and salt, I had no strength and I suffered diarrhea, and I was almost incapable of working. And they beat me. It is a terrible memory. But I could overcome it by making incredible efforts to survive.
Because of the malnutrition, I had to catch rats and snakes to survive. I couldn't do the work properly, so I had a hard time.
Before I didn't know about the North Korean system. When I was imprisoned, I learned why Kim Jong Il dictatorship system is the worse one.
Others in the camp have scars and physical problems, but fortunately I was young and came to the south while I was young. I have no particular wounds on my body. And I was also fortunate in the prison camp not to be beaten severely. Therefore, I have no particular scars. Some of my friends, their height is under 60 centimeters, but I was fortunate, I was imprisoned at age 10 and set free at 20, and after getting out of the prison camp, I grew about 10 centimeters annually.
So far I don't feel anything bad physically. Although sometimes I feel tired, because if someone is faced with the extreme circumstance, one can be adapted to the surroundings, just like Robinson Crusoe.
The first time when I came to South Korea, I was so skinny, but 10 years went by in South Korea, I became normal.
It is unbelievable fact that the Jews camps in the era of Nazis and the camps under Stalin regime and I could watch the film "Papillon." And when I tell the story to the people, then they say there's no evidence. This is comparable to the facts that German soldiers under the Nazi regime they said there is no evidence. It's the same thing.
If all of the prisoners in the prisoners camp were killed, then they will realize it, and Kim Jong Il regime there is little hope to set the prisoners free. And I have impression that Kim Jong Il will kill all the prisoners for the fear of exposure of his crime.
These phenomena are inhuman. It's like they experience in Kosovo. But those became international issues. But North Korea's prisoners camps was not exposed as an international issue so far. The reason why is they don't know, because the society is closed tightly, and there is no hope. And this issue should be exposed internationally. The international society should counter this matter seriously.
The North Korean regime can be maintained because of the existence of prisoners camps. With a policy of horror, they can maintain the system.
Suddenly some of my friends disappeared, and they were imprisoned in prisoners camp. All the people know this fact. Once they are imprisoned, they know they can be killed. So I believe if the prisoners camps disappear in North Korea, it means the North Korean regime will change. I believe opening Shineuiju district will not really change the regime, but closing all the prisoners camps will be a sign of change.
If you ask 100 people in North Korea if they know of existence of prisoners camp, all of them, they will say yes. That's why they are afraid of it and this open fact. In North Korea, they cannot say freely — they should refrain from speaking out.
Kim Il Song was born in the year of mouse. And one person said mouse can bring food from outside. And then it was called disgracing the great leader. And if someone treats the Kim Il Song portrait not properly, it is also subject to punishment. And listening to South Korean broadcasting or defecting — that is also subject to punishment.
In North Korea there are hundreds of thousands of prisoners, and they are doing forced labor, and using this labor power they manufacture goods to export and to maintain the national security division. So it means killing two birds with one stone — make money and keep the regime. So maintaining the prisoners camp is the best and only way to keep the regime. I believe the system keeps the regime alive.


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Fitzpatrick was back with the starters in practice shortly thereafter, so we won't put too much stock into the news yet. It would be stunning if anyone but Fitzpatrick starts the next two preseason games or starts at quarterback for Houston early in the season.
O'Brien said after practice that Keenum will not get any first-team reps on Saturday vs. the Atlanta Falcons.
Still, it looks like Keenum has the edge in his battle with rookie Tom Savage to be the backup quarterback. And it could show that O'Brien wants to get Keenum ready in case Fitzpatrick face-plants and needs to be benched early in the season.
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Actually, the sound of the bass isn't as important as the relationship it has with the kick and snare drums, since they all reinforce one another if blended correctly. Here's my approach, assuming that both the bass and the drums are recorded well and sound pretty good to begin with, which is key.
1) Bring up the bass and drums together and have a listen to how they work together first. Don't solo anything and especially don't solo, then reach for the EQ just yet. Just listen to see what's needed.
2) It's usually a good idea to take the high pass filter and set it to about 40Hz (maybe a bit lower, depending upon the Q of the filter) on the kick and maybe as high as 50Hz on the bass to get rid of any of the unwanted and unneeded frequencies down below that get in the way. You'd be surprised how much this one trick cleans things up.
3) While listening to both the bass and the drums, add some low end on the kick between 60 and 80Hz if needed. Some kicks also require a small (2-3dB) dip at somewhere between 400 and 800Hz. To add some definition, boost a little between 3 and 5kHz, but realize that whatever you do here might get in the way of the vocal.
4) The bass usually speaks best if any low end added is about an octave above the kick, so if the kick was EQ'd at 60Hz, then try boosting at 120Hz first. Keep in mind that it might sound better at 100 or 150Hz instead, depending upon the instrument, the song, the arrangement and the player, so try all those frequencies before you settle on one. Remember that you should be listening to the drums at the same time you're EQing the bass.
One of the problems that inexperienced mixers have is that they boost the very low frequencies (40-60Hz) of the bass first, which only muddies things up and makes it disappear on small speakers. A solid round low end with better definition usually comes from 100Hz upward.
5) For more definition on the bass, add a little 700Hz or so, or at the exact frequency that you dipped the kick drum.
6) For some snap or buzz, add some 1 to 3kHz on the bass.
7) Make sure than any frequencies that you boost on the snare haven't already been boosted on the kick and bass. 125Hz gives it some bottom, but if the bass is already boosted there you have to go a little higher or lower (usually higher) to make it fit. Add some 1 to 2kHz for attack and 10kHz for some snap.
8) Sometimes it sounds better on a song if the frequencies of the kick and bass are reversed, with the bass getting boosted at 50 to 60Hz and the kick an octave or so above it.
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Despite both Stewart Downing and Jordan Henderson failing to score for almost 50 league games between them, they're both in the starting line-up one again. Both players were anonymous against Man United last weekend, but it seems that under-performing players are guaranteed starts irrespective of their contribution to the team.
Full Team: Reina; Johnson, Carragher, Skrtel, Enrique, Downing, Henderson, Adam, Gerrard, Suarez, Carroll.
Subs: Doni, Maxi, Coates, Kelly, Kuyt, Shelvey, Spearing.
* Craig Bellamy and Daniel Agger are not even in the squad, which means they've either been rested, or they've picked up injuries.
* It's likely that Henderson will be doing his usual ineffective job on the right again. It's not his fault he's played out of position though.
* No holding midfielder + Carra in defence = Liverpool playing deep.
Probable formation:
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Forrester's Jeremiah Owyang on his "Web Strategy by Jeremiah" blog announced Forrester Underway to Catalog the White Label Social Networking Space. Because the white label social networking tools market is exploding with many small vendors, it is the type of market that analysts have trouble cataloging. Here Jeremiah uses his visibility to alert vendors about the catalog project and generate entries that the Forrester team might not have found on their own.
IDC's Rachel Happe is using her "The Social Organization" Community Velocity: A Metric for Measurement post to get feedback on a framework she is working on. Another excellent use of a blog as a research tool because in will include non-IDC clients as contributors.
It is interesting to note that both of these blogs are under the analysts' personal brands, not their firms' brands.
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text: Marion Pressley, FASLA, principal at Pressley Associates Landscape Architects, is a devoted professional who has contributed enormously to the designed landscape through her work in landscape architecture and the rehabilitation of public parks and private historical properties. Over the last forty years, she has continued her strong design skills and commitment to the public landscape through a wide range of projects throughout the eastern U.S. Marion is recognized nationally for her historic preservation work. She is one of very few professionals in the nation to achieve national recognition in both historic preservation and contemporary design practice. Marion's contribution to preserving the Olmsted legacy is particularly noteworthy and includes a substantial body of work devoted to the recovery of the Emerald Necklace Park System—from master planning to the implementation of treatment design. Her portfolio of notable projects include award-winning park designs, historic landscape preservation planning projects, and the implementation of treatment work on a wide spectrum of landscapes including parks, parkways, historic cemeteries and private gardens. Community process and the integration of multiple perspectives is also a hallmark of Marion's design practice. A dedication to professional organizations, non-profits, and education completes Marion's long list of credentials. Concurrent with her design, preservation, and community service, Marion has continuously helped build the next generation of landscape architects, through courses at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Rhode Island School of Design, the Landscape Institute of the Arnold Arboretum, and the Boston Architectural College.


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An Interesting Puzzler
Eli's attention has been drawn to a new paper in Climate of the Past, Multi-periodic climate dynamics: spectral analysis of long-term instrumental and proxy temperature records by H.-L. Lüdecke, A. Hempelmann, and C. O. Weiss.
The paper itself looks at eight long term (back to 1757) instrumental temperature records in central Europe from Prague, Hohenpeißenberg, Kremsmuenster, Vienna, Paris and Munich. They find that these records overlap well, and may be decomposed using Fourier analysis. The data and the decomposition show no long term temperature anomaly trends.
Eli is in the habit of inspecting the carrots, so he went over to the BEST database and took a look at the temperature trends in Europe and Austria, as representative of the area studied in Luedecke, et al. for the same period compared to the Fourier fit.
Quite a difference.
The puzzler is why, what is the root cause of this difference. The answer has some interesting implications for some of the Rabetts favorite things.


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A Pootle server has been setup for FreeNAS 8 localization and all of the text strings have been imported into the server. Pootle is an easy way to find out the status of a language's localization and provides an easy to use translation editor that can be accessed from any browser.
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This month on Open Apple, we sit down with Jason Scott, documentary filmmaker, historian, public speaker, and archivist.
We talk about the importance of a nuanced appreciation of history, the flavors of sadness in comment threads, whom not to trust with special data and the nature of humanity, and failing at life.
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This year's "With Love: Super Adoption Day" will once again be the largest event of its kind in Philadelphia history and one of the largest adoption events nationwide. Organized by Citizens for a No-Kill Philadelphia, there will be rescue groups and shelters with adoptable animals for the public to meet and hopefully adopt!
The event is going to be held at Walnut Street Plaza on Penn's Landing (a beautiful outdoor venue along Philadelphia's Delaware River waterfront) from 11am-4pm. This year's event theme is: "Be a Hero, Adopt!" The event will feature shopping, music, food and refreshments, raffles prizes, and NBC10's Sheena Parveen will be there. You don't want to miss it!
Where: Walnut Street Pier - Penn's Landing
211 South Columbus Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA
When: May 18th, 2013
Time: 11:00am - 4:00pm
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Laetare Sunday means that Easter and other signs of new life, such as
Baseball Season, which began again yesterday, are near. The Angels had their home opener on Sunday and as they have done so often in the past, they lost.
O.K., now all together, those of you on the right side of the monitor take the verse and those on the left take the response.
All together, ready, and. . . .
V: "It's only the beginning of the season; doesn't mean a thing."
R: "Yeah, but they're going to want that game come September."
I love tradition.


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In what portends to become a national trend, the Indiana Department of Education has announced that, starting this fall, it will no longer require schools to teach cursive writing.
The Department sent a memo [PDF] to school leaders this spring saying that, in accordance with the Common Core standards, students will be "expected to become proficient in keyboarding skills"—formerly known as typing—instead of handwriting. However, the memo notes that schools can continue to teach cursive writing as a part of local curriculum standards (assuming such things still exist, of course).
Parents' and educators' reactions to the state's decision appear to be mixed, with some noting that the SAT and AP exams still require handwritten essays and that legible handwriting is seen as associated with intelligence and strong communication stills.
But many also seemed to sense a degree of inevitabililty in the change. One mother who claimed she was "in the middle" on the issue acknowledged that she learned about the state's new guidelines—where else?—on Facebook.


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I Drive SF: From Rideshare to Taxi
It's inevitable. Now that I drive a taxi, I regularly field the inquiry: "So… have you thought about driving for Uber?" When I tell my passengers that I did the Lyft and Uber thing before switching to taxi driving, they're usually shocked. "Don't you make more money with Lyft and Uber?" Maybe some do, I'll say, but I never did. After eleven months of mostly full time driving, my bank account was overdrawn, my credit cards were maxed out, the backseat of my car looked like I'd been transporting farm animals and I was riddled with self-loathing. I was basically subsidizing multi-million—or, in Uber's case, multi-billion—dollar companies. And for what? Empty promises and a sense of community? What bullshit. I never felt like anything but an underpaid, untrained and unregulated cab driver.
I could go on ad nauseam, detailing the moral bankruptcy of the Lyft and Uber systems, but now that I've been a real taxi driver for two months, I try to deflect the Uber/Lyft question. It's boring. I'm sick of talking about fucking Uber in my cab! And to be honest, I'm not proud to have driven for them as long as I did. In fact, I'm ashamed of it.
From the beginning, I was appalled by the self-entitled culture that spawned the phenomenon of "ridesharing" and the consequences it's had on the livelihoods of cab drivers, most of whom are longtime San Francisco residents. It wasn't easy participating in the destruction of a blue-collar industry. After all, I'm a descendent of coal miners, janitors, store clerks and army grunts. In college, I was required to read The Communist Manifesto three times. Being an Uber/Lyft driver is not in my nature. To be successful at it requires personality traits I will never possess: the ability to cheat and scam. And a complete lack of conscience. Since the only time you make decent money is during surge pricing, you have to take pride in ripping people off. The rest of the time, you're barely making minimum wage, so you need to be somewhat stupid as well. You're basically running your personal car into the ground and hoping to luck out with a ride that's more than five bucks. Some drivers have figured out how to make the system work for them and earn more money referring drivers than they do actually driving themselves, but isn't that just a bizarro take on the pyramid scheme?
Despite Uber's political spin or Lyft's cheerful advertising campaign, using your personal car as a taxi is not sustainable. Each time I got behind the wheel of my Jetta and turned on the apps, I had to overlook the absurdity of what I was doing. It never ceased to amaze me that people would be so willing to ride in some random dude's car. But since my passengers acted as if the activity were perfectly normal, I went along with it.
Once I realized what I'd gotten myself into, I wanted to document the exploitative nature of this predatory business model. I wanted to expose the inherent risks associated with inadequate insurance, the lack of training and the vulnerability of not having anyone to contact in an emergency. I wanted to shed light on the reality of being a driver, dealing with constant fare cuts, enforced jingoism and the tyranny of an unfair rating system. I wanted to reveal the lies. All the dirty lies. I started a blog and even published two zines about my experiences.
Naïvely, I thought reporting on these issues from the perspective of a driver would make a difference. I was wrong. People hold on to their faith in the corporate spirit even when it's against their best interest. That's what I figured out from all this. Oh, and that I really like driving the streets of San Francisco. So I signed up for taxi school and went pro. Now I make more money, feel more relaxed and no longer have to worry about declaring bankruptcy if I get into an accident.
Plus, I'm a taxi driver.
In San Francisco!
I haven't felt this connected to a place through a job since I was a cook in New Orleans.


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I am trying to design yearly program to scan for vulnerabilities on a very large network of payment terminals.
The company has thousands of retail points all around the world which need to be scanned for vulnerabilities. More specifically, we need to scan the credit card payment systems according to PCI DSS. While the terminals' technology is somewhat standardized, there are firewalls in between, strong security policies and the systems might differ from country to country. The sites are connected to the servers mostly via ADSL, but some use phone and satellite.
The challenge is to identify cost-efficient alternatives for the scanning this massive network regularly. Any ideas? I would appreciate the input, specially out-of-the-box. Please keep it on the conceptual level.


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"You are a worm who thought himself a serpent just because you slither.
But your power was not real, Pliny.
It was all a dream. Time now to wake."
Pierce Brown
So. I would guess that most of us have run across a slitherer in business <let alone Life>.
A business slitherer?
One of those people who seem to slither in and around and as close to the edge of what is legal, ethical or right but never seems to cross any particular line far enough that someone can say unequivocally they have done something criminally wrong.
A slitherer slithers through all the same things most of us in business and in life do, but does it in a way that seems corrupt <although it may not be>, seems illegal <although it may not be>, seems unethical <although it may not be> and seems inappropriate <although it may not be too everyone>.
That is the characteristic of one who slithers through Life.
"Seems" taints everything they do and, well, everything we do. A slitherer figures out a way to be held to a slightly different standard which 'seems' wrong, but no one can point to any real specific, provable, criminally wrong behavior.
Now. It always helps everyone to have someone defend you and, somehow, the one who slithers through business almost always has supporters. Those supporters mostly rally around the quasi-indefensible behavior because a slitherer is a proven survivor. And, yes, in a world in which surviving attrition may actually be a key to success … a persistent survivor can be viewed as an attractive ship to tie your line to <even if it is a ship of dubious lineage>.
But maybe the worst thing about someone who slithers their way to whatever success they gain is the team that ends up surrounding them.
Although I am no real prize for any boss, I would never work for a slitherer – my ethical and moral compass steers me too far away from any "seems wrong" behavior to make a position like that viable for me — or, I imagine, for a slitherer boss.
"Round and round they went with their snakes, snakily…"
Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
My point on that is slitherers seek slitherers. It is a weird type of loyalty. It isn't really loyalty to the person it is more loyalty to the fact you can behave in a way that 'seems' inappropriate on occasion but 'seems' okay to your boss <if not even applauded>.
That said.
We do not fire people for being seemingly unethical behavior or seemingly clueless behavior or seemingly inappropriate behavior. Appearance of behavior just makes people feel uncomfortable but it is typically not a fireable offense … it is just offensive.
And, yet, a slitherer thrives in the seemingly offensive behavior. They thrive because as their heinous behavior shrinks them, in some ways, it also grows their ability to slither around the edges of true illegal, true criminal, true unethical to do what they want to do the way they want to do it.
To be clear. A good day for a slitherer is different than a good day for most of the rest of us.
Good to them is a "win", or some version of successful outcome, done 'their way' of which no one can point to any specific wrong doing or completely unethical behavior <which, by the way, to them, is a type of success in and of itself>. Their 'good win' doesn't have to actually contain any of what most of us would consider 'good' to be considered success.
To be clear. Most good organizations foster a culture which tends to expel slitherers. Good cultures which foster moral & ethical behavior tend to avoid slithering close to any lines and therefore tend to treat slitherers as a virus to the organization itself.
I do worry, on occasion, that the good slitherers <which is actually an oxymoron> survive in any organization and are constantly trying to infect the organization itself <and, given the right circumstances, actually can take over an organization>.
I wrote this today because it has been sitting in my draft folder for a long time as an organizational behavior business piece and now I can point out that our president is a slitherer.
He slithers through all the same things most of us in business and in life do but he does it in a way that seems corrupt <although it may not be>, seems illegal <although it may not be>, seems unethical <although it may not be> and seems inappropriate <although it may not be too everyone>.
Just watch. Trump will slither his way in and out of any seemingly illegal, corrupt, unethical event he places himself in. That is what a good slitherer does. And, yes, good slitherer is an oxymoron, but, in a way, President Trump is also.
Just know that we have a slitherer as a President.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Update From Sheldan Nidle - December 11, 2012
4 Oc, 18 Yaxk'in, 9 Eb
Selamat Balik! We return! Your world continues on toward the moment of the dissolution of the dark and the beginning of your new epoch. We daily receive encouraging reports from our liaisons advising us that a timetable set up a short while ago is on schedule to be manifested. Those who run the many sacred secret societies on your world are busy moving several projects toward the designated point where they can be materialized.
Your reality's alternate timelines are collapsing at a rate that leaves you on the single positive path forecast by the Maya long ago. The new grids are likewise firming up and pushing your realm in the chosen direction. The time for a series of special broadcasts approaches, and this day will formally free you from the dark prison that has been encasing you for decades. The first matters to receive a full explanation in these broadcasts will be the new governance with the new benevolent laws, and of course the new universal prosperity and accompanying new financial system. These topics will then expand to include the truth about your recent history and those who controlled your globe in such an infamous manner. Once done, the formal disclosure announcement can proceed.
Our arrival will take place once the various NESARA-like measures are fully explained to you and put into practice. It will require a certain amount of time for you to take on board all the newness. You may need to hear things explained over and over to become comfortable with them. You will also have recourse on the Internet to many documents elaborating on these subjects so that you can read them at your leisure and obtain a deeper comprehension of what is happening on a local, regional, and global level. Your world will be changing so swiftly that what may seem to you to be information overkill is truly quite necessary.
Each of you will need to mull things over and deliberate with your fellows. We are fully aware of your need to integrate so much newness, and we therefore fully endorse a complete and open disclosure of all that is to happen to your world. Moreover, such massive transformations are only the start! At this stage, you are just beginning to comprehend the extent of what needs to be discussed amongst yourselves before we come on the scene. At that point we will inevitably command your full attention. We too have so much information to impart to you, even before we get to the matter of a mass first contact with your planet.
This first-contact mission has evolved into a process of returning you to full consciousness, and in the doing has taken far longer that we were initially advised. However, this 'welcome home' mission is why we are here. This assignment has gone through six major alterations of its prime direction, but its goal has never changed. We are committed to reuniting you with us and integrating your world into a full 5-D reality. In the course of this you will become acquainted once more with your Agarthan family, with whom you will create your new star-nation.
You will also meet the many a-corporeal Souls and Beings who make up this solar system's reality. You are to discuss many things with these wise ones and use this wisdom to build your new galactic society. Heaven assures us that this great education you are to receive will prepare you for your first grand mission, which is to help many non-human societies attain full consciousness. In this endeavor you will have many wise assistants.
The non-human star-nations in this organization are most pleased to assist you in this. They are already embarking upon what you are slated to finish, so you can see that that whole operation is contingent upon your successfully returning to full consciousness.
You carry within you myriad RNA/DNA that must now be properly activated and correctly re-sequenced by us. This amazing operation is to be accomplished by our Light Chambers. These living entities will work with your mentors and their heavenly counterparts to literally reconstitute you as a fully conscious Being. Once you regain your full-conscious faculties, you will join with us and begin your divine service to AEON. You will have certain supreme qualities which will enable you to easily and swiftly turn this galaxy toward the Light, and prepare her for her next span of existence. Once again, you can begin to glimpse the significance of what lies ahead for you. Much is expected of those to whom much is given!
Namaste! We are your Ascended Masters! We come in joy and by Heaven's grace to let you know that many glorious events are now ready to manifest. This holiday season is to be filled with a number of special miracles which will constitute the first moves to liberate you from the dark cabal and bring you your permanent prosperity! Our sacred associates have been working hard to finish tasks that have taken decades to accomplish.
It is no easy matter to terminate a political and economic reality construct that is so comprehensively regulated by an all-powerful, negative group. In this past decade the dark cabal reached the heights of control, and yet is now about to disappear. We rejoice, and happily anticipate the sacred institutions that will replace the old, and which will give you back your precious freedom and sovereignty. This will be accompanied by your return to full consciousness and your reunion with your spiritual and space families. We endlessly bless you in the Love and Light of the Creator!
This new reality is not a dream! It is utterly real! We have seen what the manifestation of these events really means to you all and how joyfully you anticipate them. These events are a divine blessing and reflect the importance of the decrees issued from AEON. You have much to do, as do we all!
We are blessed with the arcane knowledge that was entrusted to us over the millennia, and we are now to impart this grand teaching and wisdom to humanity. It is a book of instructions for all who travel the path to full consciousness and divine immortality, and over the eons we kept it safe from the dark and held it close to our hearts. Soon after the first announcements, our sacred associates will prepare you for our formal appearance and a global series of lessons. They will be broadcast to you telepathically, and also via the Internet, radio, and television.
As we keep emphasizing, all this is just the start of what is to be revealed to you; for example, an immense amount of knowledge has also been kept from you by the dark. What we will be telling you will enable to you better understand the truth of what you will be witnessing. Your reality has been so manipulated by the dark that you do not know what is real and what is not, and you are steeped in a fog of confusion.
We have come to supply the means for you to discern clearly the truth of upcoming information, revelations, and actions. It is time for you to step firmly into the Light and start to undo what the dark did to destroy your home world. You can make restitution to Gaia with your divine gifts of wonderful energy which can bring her back to her full potential. Together, we will forge a sacred alliance between all earth humanity and the great heavenly Ones who now guide us back to the Light!
Today, we gave you more messages from the Ascended Masters and ourselves. The time for wondrous things to happen has come. So, be ready to use your knowledge of these things to help your friends and family through what lies ahead. First contact is a mission whose time has finally come! Know, dear Ones, that the countless Supply and never-ending Prosperity of Heaven are indeed Yours! So Be It! Selamat Gajun! Selamat Ja! (Sirian for Be One! and Be in Joy!)
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